Veterinary Medicine's Kanthasamy named to Lloyd Professorship at Iowa
State

AMES, Iowa -- Anumantha Kanthasamy, whose biomedical research has
advanced scientific understanding of the link between Parkinson's disease
and agrochemicals, has been named W. Eugene and Linda R. Lloyd Endowed
Professor in Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Kanthasamy is professor of biomedical sciences, director of the Parkinson
Disorders Research Program and chair of the interdepartmental toxicology
graduate program at Iowa State. For 15 years, he has pioneered research on
the health effects of environmental toxicological agents on the central
nervous systems. Much of his work concentrates on the role of agrochemicals
and other environmental factors in the development of disorders like
Parkinson's disease.

Kanthasamy's appointment to the three-year professorship was announced Nov.
4 by Iowa State President Gregory Geoffroy at a ceremony held at Reiman
Gardens.

"Dr. Kanthasamy is making significant advances in our understanding of
serious neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, and in
developing therapies and treatments for these disorders," Geoffroy said. "By
awarding him the Lloyd Professorship, with its additional resources to
support his research, he will be able to accomplish much more in this
important effort and help the millions of people who suffer from these
disorders. This is why endowed faculty positions are so important to our
university and our society, and we are deeply indebted to Eugene and Linda
Lloyd for creating this one."

Before joining the faculty at ISU in 1999, Kanthasamy was a faculty
member at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his doctoral
degree in biochemistry in 1989 from the University of Madras, India.

Kanthasamy leads a large research program supported by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). He has published extensively and has served as a
reviewer for several scientific journals, including "Journal of
Neuroscience," "Journal of Neurochemistry" and "Journal of Pharmacology and
Experimental Therapeutics." He lends his experience to the NIH where he is a
permanent member until 2008 on the panel that reviews grant proposals in
neurotoxicology, has served on a special panel that reviews new research on
the links between environmental factors and Parkinson's disease.

Dr. W. Eugene Lloyd and Linda R. Lloyd established the professorship to
broaden the college's toxicology program into specialized areas such as risk
assessment of environmental health hazards. Kanthasamy is the third holder
of the professorship.

"The W. Eugene and Linda R. Lloyd Endowed Professorship was established
in 1993 for the purpose of supporting research in toxicology and food
safety," Dr. Lloyd said. "It was previously awarded to two very well
qualified veterinarians. We are indeed very pleased that a scientist so
outstanding as Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy has been named for this award.
Animals and mankind will benefit from his research."

Eugene Lloyd has two degrees from the College of Veterinary Medicine. He
received a DVM in 1949 and Ph.D. in 1970. From 1970 to 1982, he was a
professor of veterinary pathology in the college. He is the founder,
chairman and CEO of Lloyd Inc., Shenandoah, which develops and manufactures
pharmaceutical and nutritional products for animals and humans. The Lloyds
live in Fort Myers, Fla.

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Anumantha Kanthasamy, professor of biomedical sciences, director of the
Parkinson Disorders Research Program and chair of the interdepartmental
toxicology graduate program, has been named W. Eugene and Linda R. Lloyd
Endowed Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

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"Dr. Kanthasamy is making significant advances in our understanding of
serious neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, and in
developing therapies and treatments for these disorders. By awarding him the
Lloyd Professorship, with its additional resources to support his research,
he will be able to accomplish much more in this important effort and help
the millions of people who suffer from these disorders. This is why endowed
faculty positions are so important to our university and our society, and we
are deeply indebted to Eugene and Linda Lloyd for creating this one."